Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s eligibility and payment determinations for Supplemental Security Income recipients who owned trusts were accurate.
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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3 | No | $0 | $0 | Agree | |
Establish system controls to ensure FO employees submit their trust determinations in the Supplemental Security Income Trust Monitoring System for review and resolve any disagreements raised by the reviews before completing their final trust determinations in SSA’s systems. | |||||
4 | No | $0 | $0 | Disagree | |
Determine whether employees with the legal training and abilities needed to evaluate the impact trusts outlined in complex legal documents have on recipients’ SSI eligibility and payment amounts would make more accurate trust-related determinations. If they would make more accurate determinations, have those employees make them. | |||||
5 | No | $0 | $0 | Disagree | |
Establish metrics and controls to ensure for the timely review of FO employees’ trust determinations. |